Dewberry Awarded Geographic Information System Contract with Hanover County
Dewberry was recently selected for a geographic information systems (GIS) contract with Hanover County, Virginia. The firm will provide general GIS consulting services to Hanover County on an as-needed basis and help support the county's GIS program. Services include data conversion, general consulting, programming, staff support services (augmentation), global positioning system (GPS), survey monumentation, structured query language (SQL) server, system architecture, database design, custom...
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Clients Win Five Tiger Grants
NEW YORK, NY – WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global engineering and professional services organization, supported five of its clients in preparing successful applications for 2016 TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff supported five of the 40 winning applications, representing $66.3 million of the total $484 million awarded, according to John D. Porcari, president of WSP | Par...
HNTB Hires Loy Warren as Senior Vice Resident and National Aviation Program Management Leader
DALLAS, August 4, 2016 – Loy Warren, PE, rejoined HNTB Corporation as a senior vice president in the new position of national aviation program management and airfield engineering leader. He is a nationally-recognized expert who brings nearly 35 years of aviation leadership to the firm. He previously worked at HNTB from 1991 to 2003. He is based in Plano, Texas, but his national role will take him across the country. “We are pleased to welcome Loy back to HNTB,” said Doug Mann, FASLA, HNTB...
Olson Joins Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail as West Region Business Line Leader
Los Angeles, Calif. - Eric Olson, PE, has joined Gannett Fleming as Transit & Rail Business Line Leader for the West Region. In this role, Olson is responsible for Gannett Fleming’s portfolio of transit clients and projects and works to assure that Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail delivers the highest level of service to them. During Olson’s 30-plus years of experience, he led the delivery of a number of large transit and rail programs, most recently serving as Chief Project Officer for the Ex...
Mott MacDonald Appoints Two Independent Members to its Shareholders' Committee
Mott MacDonald, a leading employee-owned engineering, management, and development consulting firm, has appointed Professor Denise Bower and Bob Prieto as independent members of its shareholders’ committee. They join a 20-strong committee comprising senior Mott MacDonald employee shareholders who provide oversight of, and challenge to, the executive board, as well as advising on key issues and approving significant decisions and actions. Bower and Prieto will perform the role for two years. Pr...
U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Almost Half Billion Dollar Judgement in Favor of KBR Subsidiary
HOUSTON, Texas — KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that in a decision in ongoing litigation involving COMMISA, a subsidiary of KBR, the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment in excess of $465 million for COMMISA against PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion (PEP). This positive result follows a decade of litigation involving two offshore natural gas treatment, processing and reinjection platforms which COMMISA built for PEP, platforms which have been working and in us...
Hatch Welcomes Infrastructure Leader Michael Lindsay to Growing Global Team
Toronto, ON — Hatch is pleased to welcome Michael Lindsay as Global Director of Planning and Advisory Services, Infrastructure. As an expert in planning and financial advising for major public and private sector clients, Lindsay will play a leadership role in further strengthening the company’s enhanced, globally-connected infrastructure business. “Michael Lindsay’s significant experience and strong track record in successful alternative service delivery arrangements will help our clients as...
Stantec Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results and Dividend
Contributions from acquisitions and steady organic gross revenue growth in Stantec’s Infrastructure business operating unit and US regional operating unit resulted in strong overall gross revenue growth of over 47% in the second quarter of 2016. The MWH Global (MWH) acquisition, which closed in early May, added significant gross revenue to many areas of Stantec’s legacy Consulting Services business and greatly expanded Global operations. Results were impacted by a slight decrease in gross mar...
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Thai Oil’s Clean Fuel Project Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Thai Oil Public Company Limited for its Clean Fuel Project at the Sriracha Refinery in Thailand. The contract is due for completion in the second quarter of 2017. The project will enable a crude distillation capacity expansion from 275,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) to 410,000 bpsd and improvements to the energy efficiency of Thai Oil's refinery, as well as the production of tr...
James Hackett Elected to Fluor’s Board of Directors
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that James Hackett was elected to its board of directors effective August 3, 2016. Hackett’s election to Fluor’s board raises the total number of directors to 12, of whom 11 are independent. “Fluor is very fortunate to have an executive of Jim’s caliber rejoin our board of directors,” said David Seaton, Fluor’s chairman and chief executive officer. “His vast knowledge and experience within the global energy sector provide Fluor wit...